Posted May 26, 2006

Text of Proposed "Our Right to Public Lands Access"

TITLE I -- Secretary of the Interior

 SEC. ***.

(a) REGULATIONS - The Secretary and or his/her delegated Assistant Secretary shall promulgate regulations to effectuate general incidental take permits (similar to the type authorized by 50 CFR s 222.307(a)(2)) for each type, class, or scale of recreational and small business activity traditionally engaged in over all the public lands subject to his/her jurisdiction.
(b) ADVISORY COMMITTEE - An advisory committee is to be created for each activity for which a separate general incidental take permit is to be prepared and, in accordance with FACA. (Pub.L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972, 86 Stat. 770)
(c) TIME - the regulations will be completed within two years from the date of enactment.
(d) BUDGET - 120 million dollars is authorized to spent on the preparation of the regulations and supporting documentation; i.e. EISs.


The Secretaries "Outdoors Recreational Activities Report to the President” of 19__ 

Cite:
  (16 USC §§ 460 et seq.; May 28, 1963, P.L. 88-29, 77 Stat. 49).
 

In December of 1969 the "First Nationwide Outdoor Recreation Plan: The Assessment"
In December of 1974, the "Second Nationwide Outdoor Recreation Plan
In December of 1979, the "Third Nationwide Outdoor Recreation Plan:
On January 27, 1987, the President's Commission on Americans Outdoors submitted their December 1986 "Report and Recommendations to the President of the United States".


TITLE II -- Secretary of the Department of Agriculture

 SEC. ***.

(e) REGULATIONS - The Secretary and or his/her delegated Assistant Secretary shall promulgate regulations to effectuate general incidental take permits (similar to the type authorized by 50 CFR s 222.307(a)(2)) for each type, class, or scale of recreational and small business activity traditionally engaged in over all the public lands subject to his/her jurisdiction.
(f) ADVISORY COMMITTEE - An advisory committee is to be created for each activity for which a separate general incidental take permit is to be prepared and, in accordance with FACA. (Pub.L. 92-463, Oct. 6, 1972 86 Stat. 770)
(g) TIME - the regulations will be completed within two years from the date of enactment.
(h) BUDGET - 120 million dollars is authorized to spent on the preparation of the regulations and supporting documentation; i.e. EISs.


The Secretaries "Outdoors Recreational Activities Report to the President” of 19__
Cite:
  (16 USC §§ 460 et seq.; May 28, 1963, P.L. 88-29, 77 Stat. 49).
In December of 1969 the "First Nationwide Outdoor Recreation Plan: The Assessment"
In December of 1974, the "Second Nationwide Outdoor Recreation Plan
In December of 1979, the "Third Nationwide Outdoor Recreation Plan:
On January 27, 1987, the President's Commission on Americans Outdoors submitted their December 1986 "Report and Recommendations to the President of the United States".

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